Today’s bite of sewing goodness comes via talented Ontario designer, Jill Buckley. Many know Jill as the quilt rat. Her designs will amaze, and might even strike a familiar chord with Janome owners, as several of Jill’s doodles appear in the MC9900 and MC15000 embroidery collections.

Jill’s Bee, as seen in the Janome MC9900 & MC15000. Image courtesy of The Quilt Rat blog

Pick Your Apple

Today Jill turns her keen design eye to free motion embroidery.

Pick Your Pleasure: Simple Lines; Some Detail or Full-Out Stitchery

In this graduated treatment of the same motif, Jill offers a great template for practicing your free motion skills. You can download her full instructions and templates by clicking this link: An Apple a Day with JB

The detailed templates are marked with arrows
to help steer your stitching in a logical progression – making them easier to follow than most GPS screens.